Once upon a time I lived in Townsville, North Queensland. My wife and I were thinking about using our money better — we decided we needed an ‘investment plan’ to secure our wealth and our future. So we went to an investment information seminar with Storm Financial, a local company specialising in wealth creation strategies. We’d… Continue reading A better investment plan
Category: Why Jesus
Evidence
Perhaps it’s the sense that there is overwhelming evidence for the truths at the centre of Christianity — and not necessarily the sort of evidence we’ve decided to accept as modern western thinkers.
A better vision
For many people the decision to follow Jesus is that seeing life the way he teaches people to see life makes better sense of the world — and produces better people and better communities. Christianity isn’t just a set of beliefs about facts (or fairy tales) that are disconnected from real life; it is a… Continue reading A better vision
His story
Have you ever noticed that most ‘epic’ stories — from the ancient, to more recent super hero franchises — follow a predictable pattern? Have you ever wondered why? There’s a hero who is called to save the world, perhaps even born to save the world, they grow up and are trained to face this task… Continue reading His story
Abundant Life
Philosophers love pondering the question of the ‘flourishing’ human life; what it means to be ‘truly human’ and to live the good life. We want this. We crave it. It’s as natural as breathing. It’s a desire that’s in our bones; that shapes what we love and how we live. One of the most famous… Continue reading Abundant Life
Hope
Is it hope? The hope of life beyond death? The promise of immortality? The discovery of real life? Abundant life? The ‘flourishing’ life we were made for? Life that stretches beyond death and into eternity? This sounds crazy but it is exactly what Jesus promises — he talks about this promise as a gift of… Continue reading Hope
Good v Evil
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” — G.K Chesterton Have you ever pondered why so many of our stories — fictional, historical, and in the news — are framed as a battle of good v evil; with… Continue reading Good v Evil
Forgiveness and Mercy
Is it forgiveness and mercy? Is it that if there’s a God who orchestrated this life we live in this universe; who spread out the heavens and established the earth (Job 9); whose hands flung stars into space (Psalm 8); who unrolled the sky and its features ‘like a blanket’ (Psalm 104); who is also… Continue reading Forgiveness and Mercy
Sacrificial Love
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. — Jesus (John 15:12-13) Love isn’t a feeling — at least it’s not just a romantic feeling; it’s also a decision, and an orientation of one’s will; it’s a decision… Continue reading Sacrificial Love